2022 Duathlon Nationals, Irving, TX 4/30/22

Duathlon Nationals went well. Won my age group by over 3 minutes!  Really fun race too. I hung back through the first 3 miles of the opening 10 K and then took the lead on the second lap of the run course and never looked back.  The bike was really fun too because I had the lead motorcycle out in front to follow until mile 20. I knew I would get passed by the overall race leaders, but expected to be overtaken sooner, so the fact that I was still out in front that far into the race was very reassuring.  Also, my coach Liz was at the race and giving me updates on the competition.    

Here is my bike the night before the race, ready to go. It had a major make over and I got a bike fitting the month before the race. It really paid off because my bike split was 1:02, that's fast for me!

Here I am with the 2nd place winner, Paul. Below top 3!